Vehicle-wheel.



PATBNTED SEPT. 3-, 1907 I. ABBOTT. I VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7. 1907.

25 described and shown in UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

IRA ABBOTT, or wYANDo'rTE, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-WHEEL the object oi the invention is to provide aiwheel inwhi'ch springs connecting the hub and rim are so formed thatl they are readily flexed in any direction thus making a. very resilient wheel, and so shaped that the strain put upon them by the force applied to the hub to turn the wheel when said wheel is used upon a motor vehicle, will'not tend to straighten or breakthe springs.

The invention also consists in providing suitable means .for securing the springs to make a rigid and durable construction and topermit of their ready removal ifbroken, and further, to provide certain other new and useful features, all as hereinafter more fully Figure 1 is a. side, elevation of a wheel embodyingthe invention, with parts broken awayv to show the construction; Fig. 2 a transverse section of the same on the linear-w; and 3. is a perspective view of one of the springs detached,

As shown in the drawing 1 represents a wooden-rim of any desired construction havingsecured thereto a flanged metaltire 2 for engaging and holding the solid rubber tire or tread 3. A hub 4 of any suitable form and construction is providedwith outwardly projecting parallelfiangesh forming between them a groove to receive the inner ends of 'a' serios of S-shaped springs 6, the outer ends of said springs being secured to the 40 wooden rim by bolts 7 passing through openings in the ends of saidsprings and openings in the wood rim,

and screwed into screw-threaded openings in the metal tire.

The inner ends of the springs'are of a width to fit closely between the flanges 5 and are thus held from movement laterally oi the wheel, and each is formed Specification of Letters Patent:

Application filed January 7,1907. Serial No. 351,040-

the accompanying drawing in Patented Sept. 3,1907.

next spring which is beneath its offset: Bolts 12; passing through said .holes and slots and engaging screw-threaded holes'in the hub,, firmly secure the springs to the hub and permit of any one of the springs being readily detached, should it become broken, by taking out the bolt which passes through the broken spring and loosening the bolt holding thenext spring to release the end of the broken spring which end is clamped by-said spring. By overlapping the springs inthis manner, each is firmly held by a single bolt;

The wheel is preferably attached to the vehicleso that in traveling ahead,'it will turn in the direction indicated by the arrows so that the outer ends of said springs will extend forwardly at the lower side of the wheel and thus have less tendency to catch and throw mud, dust and dirt.- Avery resilient wheel is "secured by the use of theS-shaped springs as they yield quite as readily in a lateral direction as longitudinally and when the wheel isusedas one of the driving wheels of a motor vehicle, the power applied to the hub by the motor does not tend to straighten out or wind the springs around thehub as the curve at one end of the spring forms avbrace or support to sustain the curve or loop at the oppositeend.

Having this fully described the invention what I claim i s:-- i

1. In a vehicle Wheel, the combination witlra rim and a hub, of outwardlyextending flanges on the hub forming a groove between, S-shaped springs secured at their outer ends to the rim and having their inner ends overlapped within the groove, and bolts passing through the over lapped ends of the springs to secure the same to the hub.

2. In a vehicle WlJQl. the combination with a rim and :1 hub. of a series of S-shaped springs secured to the rim at their outer ends and each. having an end portion to seat upon the hub andan otfset adjacent to said portion to seat upon the end portion of the next adjacent spring, and bolts extending through openings in the end portions and olrsetportions to secure the ends to the hub.

' I ii. In a vehicle wheel. the combination with a rim and a the next adjacent spring and formed with a hole opposite the slot in said end of said adjacent spring, and bolts pass ing through said holes and slots and engaging screwthreadcd openings in the hubl In tcstlmony'whcr oof I aflix my signature in presence or two witnesses.

nu ABBOTT.

Witnesses V Omvuu I l. Ban rimn,

O'r'm F. BAu'rImL. 

